Peach tree canine almost trashed (9)
I believe the answer is:
nectarine
'peach' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'tree canine almost trashed' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'trashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tree'+'canine'='treecanine'
'treecanine' with its final letter taken away is 'treecanin'.
'treecanin' with letters rearranged gives 'NECTARINE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nectarine that I've seen before include "Luscious fruit" , "Fruit - aren't nice (anag)" , "Smooth-skinned fruit" , "Trace nine to a kind of peach" , "Variety or mutation of a peach" .)